Florida-based metalcore quintet Wage War are set to release their fourth album, MANIC, this Friday, and first track, 'Relapse' wastes no time on intros. Kicking in with an onslaught of riffs - the type that blows you into the back of your seat - this one’s sure to...
Hawthorne Heights have come a long way since their 2004 debut album. Obviously, right? It’s to be expected when you’ve been making music for as long as they have. But here’s the really cool thing; even though they’ve traded chuggy guitars for more sparkling tones,...
Cincinnati five-piece Settle Your Scores are going back to their roots on their latest record, Retrofit, by working with producer Nick Ingram - who also recorded their debut - to release a record brimming with classic pop-punk themes. A lot of this album actually...
FEATURELost Souls: A chat with Matt Flood from CasketsWords: Renette van der merweFeatureAlbum ReviewFollowing months of anticipation, CASKETS’ debut finally arrives wrapped in black and gold - some of the prettiest cover art of late - but Lost Souls is about so much...
Since 2014, people have been trying to tell As December Falls what to do, and they’ve, in turn, responded by going it alone. Believing in their sound, this hugely independent band have self-released their own albums, including their latest, Happier, and we couldn’t be...
With a hunger to follow up their 2015 album, Get Lost, Find Yourself, as soon as possible Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! sat down to write in 2016, but something just wasn’t right. Deciding to take a step back, the band kept themselves busy with other projects until the...
Nottingham's metalcore five-piece, The Five Hundred, are set to release A World On Fire, this Friday. Their latest album expands upon its well-received predecessor, Bleed Red, which captivated metal listeners with its 8-string, Meshuggah-inspired djent grooves,...
Thank the music gods for Finch. For without them, FElICITY may not have existed and that’s just not a reality we’re comfortable living in. What started as a mutual love of the post-hardcore trailblazers between Damien Fagiolino and guitarist Andrew Rapier blossomed...
Midwest metalcore giants, Beartooth find themselves on the precipice of releasing their fourth studio album and that album, in turn, finds them at their meanest. For a band who have always been simmering; anger, disappointment, pain and suicidal ideation tempered only...